The End of the Immortal Path

Chapter 221 Qingdai: Does the old ox not welcome us?

Jiang Man is indeed easy to talk to. As long as he is given enough time and it does not affect his normal cultivation, he will not have any objections.

Zhuo Qingcheng couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.

Normally, she wouldn't feel comfortable inviting the other person to team up.

Even if you extend an invitation, it might not work out, since who would willingly join a team full of unknown risks?

With Zhuo Bufan acting as a buffer, things have a basis, making it much easier to proceed.

It at least adds a bit more credibility.

Therefore, when Zhuo Bufan recently requested a greater allocation of resources, she agreed without hesitation.

Jiang Man clearly intended to enter the inner sect step by step, which would allow him ample time to grow and also prevent him from being targeted by certain people in the inner sect.

Then it's entirely possible that she could continue living in the same courtyard as Zhuo Bufan.

She would naturally want to facilitate such benefits.

We said goodbye to Jiang Man.

Zhuo Qingcheng returned to the inner sect immediately.

I then gathered the team members and started a meeting.

A short while later, the other three arrived one after another.

There are five people in the team.

Besides Jiang Man and Zhuo Qingcheng, there were two men and one woman.

The man was burly, with bulging bronze muscles and a body full of vitality, as if he could crush anyone else into dust with a flick of his wrist.

Long Yangxia, an inner disciple, has a cultivation level of late Golden Core stage.

Standing beside him was an ordinary-looking man, whose height, appearance, and demeanor were all unremarkable, making him easily overlooked.

Jiang Wen, an inner disciple, has reached the late stage of the Golden Core realm.

The last woman had delicate features, a natural charm in her eyes, and a captivating allure in her gaze.

Han Meixue, an inner disciple, has a cultivation level of late Golden Core stage.

Han Meixue smiled and said, "Why did Senior Sister Qingcheng suddenly call us today? Isn't there still a month before we set off?"

Others were also puzzled.

Zhuo Qingcheng calmly swept her gaze over everyone and said, "I have already found a formation master, it is Jiang Man from the outer sect. I gathered everyone here to inform you."

"Furthermore, since we're on the same team, I don't want any discordant voices behind the scenes."

"If you cannot accept this, you can naturally choose to change to another task."

"Otherwise, it could easily reduce the success rate of the mission."

The three smiled and all said, "Naturally, there won't be any discordant voices."

Zhuo Qingcheng nodded in agreement.

He briefly explained a few more things and then dismissed the person.

The three traveled together and began to discuss things along the way.

“Jiang Man, I heard that his advancement speed is very fast, but he has only just advanced to the mid-stage of the Golden Core realm. His physical body, spirit, and magic are all lagging behind.” Long Yangxia rubbed his strong arms and sighed, “It seems that Senior Sister Zhuo intends to win him over and gamble on his future.”

“Yes, but his cultivation level is alright, so he won’t be a burden, especially since he’s in charge of the formation. As long as he doesn’t act recklessly, it won’t have a big impact.” Jiang Wen pondered for a moment and said calmly, “However, his personality is rather flamboyant, which is a problem. Hopefully, he can tone it down a bit.”

Han Meixue covered her lips and chuckled, her eyes sparkling, and said, "Is he just beginning to grow up? I wonder if he will think it's his achievement when we complete this mission."

"To be honest, I've never seen a genius like that before."

"It's quite impressive that someone from the Sixth Academy has already reached the Core Formation stage, but they're just too young."

She suddenly blinked, a playful smile curving her lips: "You all think he's so young, he must not have much experience with men and women."

Are you nervous when you see me?

The other two remained silent.

Only the alluring voice continued: "No young man can be completely at ease in front of me. Believe it or not, once the mission begins and I strike up a conversation with him, he'll either show off or act nervously."

"Geniuses are human too. Don't have too many misunderstandings about geniuses."

"Everyone has seven emotions and six desires, and they will love beauty."

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Jiang Man originally wanted to focus on cultivation, intending to dedicate the rest of his time to cultivation and formations.

As for the Immortal Path Coordinates, they are indeed dangerous.

But there is plenty of time to prepare.

In addition, Ji Hao was there to cover for him.

It's safe for now.

But cultivation waits for no one, and the destiny of an unparalleled genius is still chasing after you.

The farther they leave behind, the more their destiny as peerless geniuses will change, and they will be closely pursued.

But Jiang Man was not afraid.

There must be a limit to the destiny of an unparalleled genius, and he will definitely exceed that limit.

From then on, her destiny could only watch him from afar, unable to catch up at all.

This is what he needs to do most right now.

But then he suddenly remembered Song Qing.

He just picked him up, and he should be with Little Fatty right now.

The shop needs to get started as soon as possible.

In any case, one can earn spiritual resources.

But what kind of store should we open?
Jiang Man consulted the old ox for his opinion.

The old ox was silent for a moment, then flicked its tail and said, "Ask your wife."

"She doesn't seem to understand these things," Jiang Man said after a moment's thought.

The old ox raised his eyebrows and looked at Jiang Man: "Then why do I understand?"

“Old Huang, you can’t keep comparing yourself to others. My wife is strong, but you’re not weak either,” Jiang Man advised. “Otherwise, you’ll suffer again next time.”

You've lost money twice already.

"You should learn from me. Even a peerless genius can bow his head, so it's not shameful for an evil god to bow his head."

The old ox glanced at Jiang Man, then lowered its head to graze.

Jiang Man didn't care and immediately went to ask Xiao Pang and the others.

When I went there, I didn't see Song Qing.

Little Fatty said that Song Qing went to clean the house and now lives there.

We're just waiting to open the store.

"What kind of shop does Brother Jiang plan to open?" Little Fatty asked.

Jiang Man shook his head: "I don't know."

"Brother Jiang knows both elixirs and formations, why not choose here?" Little Fatty asked.

Jiang Man pointed curiously at Little Fatty's shop: "Who chose this?"

"Me?" the chubby boy said, puffing out his chest.

Jiang Man nodded, then said, "I've decided not to use the spiritual medicine or the formation."

Xiaopang: “.”

I felt like I was being scolded by Brother Jiang.

However, their business is indeed not very good.

It's nothing compared to Cheng Yu's shop.

But the other party sells elixirs, so their competitiveness is strong and it's inevitable that their business will be good.

"Actually, the array shop is doing quite well," Luo Xuan said, closing her book.

She knew that Jiang Man knew formations, and that formations were highly competitive.

"Where did this formation come from?" Jiang Man asked.

“Brother Jiang can do it himself,” Little Fatty said.

Jiang Man was taken aback. Do it himself?
How much time would that take? Why waste time creating and selling formations?
How many spirit resources can you earn in a month?

There are too many array masters, resulting in high costs and low profits.

Unless it's a powerful formation, which takes a long time, it's not suitable for him.

As for the meager spiritual resources earned through painstakingly setting up the formation...

He could easily borrow money, or if that didn't work, he could buy on credit. He didn't open the shop to waste his time.

Song Qing arrived later.

He expressed his gratitude.

He said he would dedicate himself to the cause until his dying breath.

Jiang Man nodded, "As long as I can endure the suffering, I don't need to die."

They then discussed it.

In the end, they couldn't reach a conclusion.

None of them had much business acumen or the ability to sniff out business opportunities.

So Jiang Man gave the three spirit beast eggs to Song Qing, asking him to put them in the shop for sale.

It's priced high.

Once we have some loot from this trip, we can continue to sell it.

That's all for now.

The rest is up to Song Qing to handle.

After finishing these tasks, Jiang Man went back to cultivate.

In December, he had to leave the sect again to complete the inner sect assessment.

After entering the inner gate, things were indeed much busier than before.

Mid-November.

Jiang Man looked at the approaching December and went to Ji Meng's residence.

There are no gifts this time, because we haven't found any yet.

Fortunately, Miss Himeko was understanding and did not blame her.

Then he explained his purpose.

"Borrow all thirty-six volumes of the 'Dengtang' series?" Ji Meng asked curiously. Jiang Man nodded and informed her that he was about to leave.

Ji Meng nodded and said, "Okay, but we'll have to wait until the end of the month. Young Master Jiang will come over then, and there are other things we can buy."

Upon hearing this, Jiang Man immediately thought of elixirs.

He was quite pleased: "Thank you, Miss Ji Meng."

Jiang Man then asked if there were any ancient artifacts he could show him.

Ji Meng shook her head and said that she had to find Ji Hao for this.

Afterwards, Jiang Man found Ji Hao.

Having learned formations from Ji Meng twice, it's time to settle the spiritual energy.

Ji Hao readily gave away six thousand spirit resources.

Jiang Man then mentioned ancient objects.

"An ancient artifact?" Ji Hao asked curiously. "Would you like to see it?"

Jiang Man nodded and said, "Yes, any ancient object will do—arrays, books, magic weapons, even stones."

Ji Hao smiled and said, "The thing in your hand is quite ancient."

“I’ve seen this before.” Jiang Man said, taking out a box. “Mr. Ji, are you ready? I can leave this here.”

"No rush, keep it for now. It should take about a year." Ji Hao got up and searched around the room, then took out a small compass and handed it over, saying, "Is this old?"

Jiang Man took the compass and immediately opened the Heavenly Mirror Hundred Books.

The book began to turn, finally settling on the last page.

The text appears.

[This is an ordinary, utterly worthless fishing compass, originally prepared by Ting Fengyin's mother when he was young so that he could catch fish. It was lost and damaged when Ting Fengyin went mad.]

At first, Jiang Man was puzzled as to why such trash was even worth mentioning.

He thought it was all insignificant.

He was shocked when he saw what happened next.

So it's something from Tingfengyin. No wonder such garbage is worth mentioning.

And it was mentioned so clearly.

However, Jiang Man focused his attention on the very back.

Has Tingfengyin gone mad?

No one has mentioned this. When did he go mad?
Is it done yet?

Jiang Man was completely unaware of this.

"How about it, is it old enough?" Ji Hao asked while searching for other things.

Jiang Man asked curiously, "Does Mr. Ji know the origin of this compass?"

Ji Hao shook his head and said, "I don't know, but I do know that this compass has an extraordinary origin. Do you know that?"

Jiang Man nodded, and said thoughtfully, "It might be related to a certain expert."

Ji Hao asked curiously, "How tall?"

Jiang Man stood on tiptoe and gestured: "This tall."

Even higher than his peerless genius.

But it's okay, I'll be able to surpass him sooner or later.

Ji Hao smiled and said, "Then I'll give it to you."

Upon hearing this, Jiang Man was taken aback.

He was hesitant to accept this, unsure whether Tingfengyin was currently insane or well.

If it's good, will this thing irritate him?

If it provokes something, will they suddenly make a move?

In the end, he still chose to keep it.

"Then what should I exchange it for?" Jiang Man asked.

"Get closer to Ji Meng and marry her sooner," Ji Hao said.

Jiang Man was taken aback.

I'm already married.

However, the two are indeed different, so it's definitely not easy to marry one.

This stuff is definitely not good.

Seeing the compass being pushed back, Ji Hao fell silent for a moment.

Finally, he said that as long as they meet more often, that's fine.

Only then did Jiang Man accept it with peace of mind.

After that, Ji Hao gave him some more things.

Most of them are still not worth mentioning.

"As for other ancient items, we'll have to apply to the sect, which will take some time. The earliest we can do it is next month," Ji Hao said.

Jiang Man said he has to go on a mission next month.

“Then I’ll apply for everything the sect can for you, so when you come back, we can observe everything,” Ji Hao said.

Jiang Man nodded in agreement.

This is much more convenient than before.

However, Ji Hao said that some things require a certain ranking to access, and that they should try to enter the inner sect as soon as possible to compete for rankings.

After chatting for a while, Jiang Man went back to cultivate.

This time, he stopped going out and focused on improving his level of the Hundred Rivers Body Refining Technique.

-

The courtroom is a prison.

Qingdai successfully arrived at Yu Wanyi's cell.

Seeing that Yu Wanyi had no worries about food and drink, Qingdai asked curiously, "Are you so comfortable here?"

“There’s no freedom,” Yu Wanyi said, then asked疑惑地, “What’s wrong? Is your young lady having an affair with Jiang Man?”

Qingdai took out some pastries she had made and said, "There's something going on. Miss and the young master haven't seen or talked much. And now the young master is going out."

She gave a brief explanation of the situation.

“Now, we must rely on your extraordinary wisdom,” Qingdai said earnestly.

Yu Wanyi pondered for a moment and said, "Since you come from a large family, is there any magical artifact that can communicate across distances? Or a spirit pet that can pinpoint the location of two people and arrive quickly?"

Qingdai pondered for a moment and said, "Magic treasures? Most magic treasures have limitations, but I do have a spirit pet that can deliver messages over long distances."

Yu Wanyi ate the pastry and exclaimed in surprise, "It's so delicious?"

"You can have some more tea," Qingdai said, pouring the other person a cup.

Upon taking a sip, Yu Wanyi was stunned; she felt the physical barriers vanish instantly.

The spirits rejoiced.

The bottleneck in my cultivation is about to be broken.

"This tea." She was quite surprised.

“It’s Miss’s tea. I secretly brought it out. The packet I gave you is even better,” Qingdai said earnestly. “We’re good friends, we’re on the same side.”

Yu Wanyi said with emotion, "It is my duty to bring them together."

She paused for a moment, then asked, "You won't confess to me if you get arrested, will you?"

“No, I’ll just say I drank it myself,” Qingdai said.

Yu Wanyi said, moved, "Next time I'll take you to set fires, and if we get caught, it's on me."

Qingdai was taken aback, somewhat unable to understand.

Then Yu Wanyi said, "With this spirit pet, the rest is simple. Let Jiang Man correspond with your young lady. Since you don't have to meet her in person, you can say a lot of nice things in the letters. After all, you can polish them before sending them out, and you may not feel embarrassed by seeing the other person's expression."

"Over time, their relationship will not be affected by the separation."

Upon hearing this, Qingdai couldn't help but clap her hands: "You really are a genius."

The last day of November.

After finishing his cultivation, Jiang Man let out a heavy sigh.

Give him a few more days, and he'll reach the twelfth level of the Hundred Rivers Body Refinement.

However, the impact is not significant; there is still plenty of time to travel to the mission location.

Now all that's left is to buy resources, and then meet up with Zhuo Qingcheng and the others tomorrow.

Proceed to the mission location.

"Your wife is here," Old Huang suddenly said.

Jiang Man was taken aback.

Sure enough, two people came flying on swords.

It was Ji Meng and Qing Dai.

Jiang Man felt a pang of heartache; the three thousand spiritual resources were gone.

He used to learn from Ji Hao that he would be given three thousand, but now that the other party has come, that means he won't get any.

"Miss Ji Meng." Jiang Man greeted her as she landed.

"Is Young Master Jiang cultivating?" Ji Meng asked, looking at the spiritual energy emanating from Jiang Man.

Jiang Man nodded and said, "I just finished my cultivation and was thinking of going to find Miss Ji."

He then invited the person inside.

Seeing the old ox, Qingdai asked curiously, "Young master, I heard your ox can talk, is that true?"

Jiang Man nodded and said, "It's true."

He then looked at the old ox and said, "Old ox, we have a guest."

The old ox raised its eyebrows slightly, glanced at Ji Meng and Qing Dai, and then continued grazing.

Qingdai asked curiously, "Such a human-like gaze, but why does it seem like they don't quite like us?"

Jiang Man sighed, "Old Huang was beaten twice by your young lady and couldn't even fight back, so naturally he's not very welcoming to you."

However, it's all Lao Huang's own fault. Why did he have to provoke Meng Qiewei for no reason?

In the end, none of them had a good ending.

(End of this chapter)